Application basis & verification
Use-in-commerce or intent-to-use basis verified; declaration signed by attorney of record; specimen reviewed for compliance.
The most rigorous trademark prosecution a brand agency can buy.
The Trademark Registration & Office-Action Engine delivers a registered U.S. trademark — cleared, filed, and driven through examination to a registration certificate — not software you operate and not a filing you have to babysit. An internal AI production line runs the clearance search, drafts the goods/services identification, assembles the application, and drafts office-action responses; a U.S.-licensed trademark attorney is the attorney of record, owns every judgment call, and signs every filing.
Every element of 15 U.S.C. §1051 et seq.Knockout + full clearance searchUSPTO ID Manual complianceAttorney-of-record on every filing5-business-day SLA
Why filings fail
A single office action can kill a mark — or cost thousands to fix.
Getting a U.S. trademark registered is deceptively hard. Anyone can file an application at the USPTO; the trouble is that a large share of applications draw at least one office action — an examining attorney's refusal or requirement — and the single most common ground, a Section 2(d) likelihood-of-confusion refusal, is brutal to overcome: when applicants appealed 2(d) refusals to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in 2020, the Board affirmed 90.9% of them.
The work that prevents a doomed filing and rescues a refused one — a real clearance search, a defensible goods/services identification, a clean specimen, and a well-argued response — is exactly the work that DIY filing mills skip. Meanwhile, the USPTO has been waging a public fraud crackdown, sanctioning foreign filing operations and terminating tens of thousands of applications and registrations, and it requires every foreign-domiciled applicant to appoint a U.S.-licensed attorney of record.
The Trademark Registration & Office-Action Engine exists to close that gap with a single, exhaustive standard applied identically to every mark.
90.9%
of appealed 2(d) refusals are affirmed by the TTAB — quality separates winners from losers
The benchmark
Measured against the letter of the Lanham Act — subsection by subsection.
We do not summarize the law and hope. Every filing is scored against a versioned rule pack tied to the exact text of 15 U.S.C. §1051 et seq. and USPTO examination guidelines. These are the provisions each mark is held to.
Likelihood-of-confusion clearance
Full knockout and clearance search against the federal register and common-law sources; any conflict flagged before filing.
Goods/services identification
Identification drafted against the USPTO ID Manual; free-form descriptions avoided unless necessary, with surcharge accounted for.
Specimen requirement
Specimen verified as showing the mark in actual use in commerce; substitute specimens flagged for later submission.
Section 8 & 9 renewal docketing
Renewal deadlines calculated from registration date and docketed; client notified at 5-year and 9-year marks.
Office-action response
Every office-action refusal or requirement analyzed; response drafted with legal argument and evidence; attorney reviews and signs.
How a mark is prosecuted
Intake to attorney release, with deterministic gates the AI cannot overrule.
AI extracts and drafts. Deterministic rules — running as code, outside the model — decide what is complete. A U.S.-licensed trademark attorney signs every filing. That order is never reversed.
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Free Clearance Scan
Submit the mark and a description of the business. We return a free knockout search and a completeness read: which statutory elements and searches you already have, and which are missing.
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Full clearance search
As your authorized agent, we run a knockout search, a full federal register search, and a common-law search; results are compiled into a clearance opinion for attorney review.
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Grounded drafting
The goods/services identification is drafted against the USPTO ID Manual; the application is assembled from your validated data and the rule pack into field-locked templates — no legal opinions, no invented facts.
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Deterministic completeness gates
Basis verified; specimen checked; ID Manual compliance enforced; conflict flags resolved; any failure blocks filing.
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Attorney release
A U.S.-licensed trademark attorney reviews the clearance opinion, approves the filing strategy, and signs the application as attorney of record. High-value or contested marks route to senior counsel.
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Delivery & docketing
You receive the filing receipt, the clearance report, the docket calendar (office-action deadlines, SOU deadlines, renewal dates), and ongoing monitoring for the life of the registration.
The bar we hold
Rigor you can measure.
100%
Attorney-signed
No filing ships without a U.S.-licensed attorney signature.
5 days
Standard SLA
From complete intake to filed application.
<1%
Office-action rate target
Tracked against a gold-standard filing library.
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Search sources
USPTO register · common-law · state databases, every applicable mark.
Why the Engine
Built to be the most thorough option a brand agency has.
Done-for-you, by design
The deliverable is a registered trademark — not software you operate and not a filing you have to babysit. We handle everything from clearance to registration to renewal.
Deterministic, not vibes
The gates that decide completeness are code, not a model's opinion. A drafting error cannot slip past a statutory requirement.
In its lane, on purpose
We prepare documentation and run searches as your clerical agent. A U.S.-licensed trademark attorney is the attorney of record and owns every judgment call. We never give legal advice without attorney review.
Engagement
Flat fee per mark/class to registration. No hourly, ever.
Simple, predictable, and aligned with a registration outcome — not a cut of any recovery.
- A free Clearance Scan before you commit — see exactly what is missing.
- One flat fee per mark/class to registration; disclosed pass-through USPTO fees.
- Per-office-action fee for responses beyond the first; optional renewal subscription.
- Optional fixed-fee attorney review for high-value or contested marks.
FAQ
Questions, answered precisely.
Is the Engine a law firm?
No. The Trademark Registration & Office-Action Engine, a service of Your Deputy, Obuke LLC, provides documentation-completeness and prosecution-support services. It is not a law firm, does not provide legal advice, and does not represent you in any legal matter. A U.S.-licensed trademark attorney is the attorney of record and signs every filing.
Do you contact the USPTO or handle appeals?
We prepare and file documents as your authorized agent. The attorney of record handles all communications with the USPTO. Appeals to the TTAB are outside our standard scope but can be arranged through our attorney network.
What makes a filing 'complete'?
Completeness is defined by the Lanham Act and USPTO rules: correct basis, verified specimen, ID Manual-compliant goods/services, full clearance search, and attorney review. Deterministic gates enforce each one before filing.
How fast is it?
The standard SLA is five business days from complete intake to filed application. The free Clearance Scan is returned much sooner and tells you exactly what is still needed.
How are you priced?
A flat fee per mark/class to registration, plus disclosed pass-through USPTO fees. No hourly billing and no percentage of any recovery.
See what's missing before it costs you a mark.
Start with a free Clearance Scan. Send your mark and business description and we'll return a completeness read against every subsection of the Lanham Act.
Documentation-completeness service · not legal advice · a U.S.-licensed attorney signs every filing.